Many people lack a factual understanding of events in our region because the media report them inadequately. We blog here because our daughter Malki, murdered at the age of 15 in a restaurant massacre in Jerusalem, was a victim of jihadist hatred and barbarism. For jihadism and terrorism to end in Israel, New York, Madrid, London and everywhere else, people first need to understand the scale on which it is happening and why. This ongoing war is killing us.

Saturday, October 17, 2015

17-Oct-15: Bloody Saturday

The peace of the Jerusalem Sabbath - a glorious day of sunshine, warm breezes, calm in the air - has ended with sundown.

Now the realities of the world are back on the screen in front of us, and it's time to again address the ongoing war of terror being waged by the Palestinian Arabs and their backers.

Despite our prayers and hopes, it has again been a day filled with lethal violence - and Palestinian Arab children are at the heart of the barbarism.

A female serving with the Border Police, identified only as Corporal M in a Ynet report, came under attack this morning by a knife-wielding Palestinian Arab female. The assault took place at the entrance to the Border Police base in
Kiryat Arba where M was doing guard duty. The terrorist approached her and stabbed
her. Despite suffering a wound to the hand, M shot the assailant dead. "The terrorist came to the guarding post
and asked me to direct her to a certain street in the area. I told her I did
not recognize the name and that she should ask the locals how to get there. All
of a sudden she drew out a knife and tried to stab me in the neck. I took a
step back and shot the terrorist without hesitating"... [Corporal M via Ynet] The attacker was later identified as Biyan
Assila, age 16, of Hebron.

About half an hour after the Kiryat Arba attack, another
took place in Jerusalem’s Armon Hanatziv neighbourhood. (The same area was in the news on Tuesday when two civilians were murdered there by a pair of Palestinian Arabs.) A Palestinian Arab teenage
boy – who Times
of Israel says had been stopped for routine questioning amid the current heightened
tensions – pulled out a knife (a huge one - see picture) and attempted to stab the officers. They
responded quickly and all escaped injury. The boy, later identified in the Palestinian
Arab media as Muataz Awisat, 16, from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabel
Mukaber, died of his injuries.

A little later in the
day, yet another knife-equipped attacker, now identified as Fadel Muhammad Qawasmeh, 18, of
Hebron, approached an Israeli civilian male returning from Sabbath morning
prayers in the Tomb of the Patriarchs, pulled out a knife and lunged at him
attempting to stab him. Israel National
News says the Jewish man "managed to avoid injury, opening
fire and killing the terrorist with his pistol." The attacker died of his
injuries. Note that his surname sounds an extremely unpleasant tone among Israelis with a memory: Qawasmehs were at the heart of the searing murder of three Israeli teenage boys last year - see "30-Sep-14: Martyrs and monsters" (if this has been reported in the news, we are unaware of it).

Also in Kiryat Arba today,
an IDF soldier suffered moderate injuries to his upper body after a
knifing attack at a security checkpoint. Other security personnel at the scene
shot the attacker, leaving him seriously injured. Medics from Magen David Adom
(MDA) gave initial emergency treatment to the soldier who was then rushed to
Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital in Jerusalem for further treatment.

Another
stabbing attack was reported just a short time ago tonight (8:00 pm Israel time) in Kiryat Arba.
Details to follow.

At
about 8:30 pm Saturday night, another knifing attack is reported at the north
JerusalemQalandiya security checkpoint on a Border Guard officer. It’s reported
that his security vest saved him serious injury. He managed to get off a shot,
and the attacker is dead.

And on it goes.

We think it's terribly important that people notice how many of the attackers are children. Their weaponization by Palestinian Arab society - is a reality that some would prefer not to confront - including some of the darker corners of the news media:

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Many people lack a factual understanding of events in our region because the media often report them inadequately. Our daughter Malki, murdered at the age of 15 in a restaurant massacre in Jerusalem, was a victim of jihadist hatred and barbarism. For jihadism and terrorism to end in Israel, in New York, in Madrid, in London and everywhere else, people first need to understand the scale on which it is happening. This ongoing war is killing us.